| Show IT WAS A FINE CARPET and be dbent know T 1 kow lafr his wf for it the other day a matron who UT uptown secured the of her lord and master to buy a nw carpet much needed for her parlor aada the new york herald now this lord and master though well to do la exceedingly watchful over his dollars and centt and it took a great deal of 10 get him to agree to the new carpet at all when he did it was only on condition that the price should not b more than 1 a yard for he observed the bargain advertisements and know a thing or two himself aa h 8 aured the partner of his bosom so the matron went to the furniture store which from time to time ha had honored sparingly with her cu tom but of all the carpets at 1 abard or less there was not one which b would have in her kitchen ah bald there waa one however perfectly lovely thing fir and on her heart was fixed only she kheir her burband would never consent at this particular store they abell goods on the installment plan and the obliging clerk to whom woman lik she had confided her trouble tog that she bould easily aelva her difficult problem by paying 1 for tha tarpe now and the rest by install so huoh month ahe matr conly heart fluttered somewhat at the deception but the temptation temo tation aa great she could save the money out of her allowance for bonnets ah had the carpet sent homo there was ninety six yards of it at night in came the lord aud aw wr he was charmed what baid he do you get such a carpet as that for 1 a yard oh yes said the matron wetly thought feeling pretty guilty v well I 1 call that a great loe goods top n feeling of it admiringly ate need a new capot in our office ill just step round to so aps and get some like thia the terrified matron suggested that such a carlof would not do at all for an office in fact she was sure ef it the lord and master thought differently she said it would look just hideout down there he said it either she said well there was no more idae it at so A soa he said grimly that he would go and naturally a in which a the lord and master won the matron retired with tearful eyes and dla mind at breakfast next day tha lord and master announced as clincher that no was to buy that carpet a soon sa ho had dispatched tha early morning business tha matron eaid nothing but screwed her mouth side waya as one who Bw allowa a bitter daae As soon aa the lord and maager had gone she whipped on her things and flew to the furniture batora jagt what arrangements eho made there are not essential to this brief chronicle when the lord and master returned that night ho was jubilant you aard there was no more of that said and I 1 got enough or our whole and at 1 a yard too how much did it asked the matron with a certain interest ono hundred and ten yarda said ih elord nothing more was said on tho ab act but the matron viewed a bill from the furniture acore in which th two items were something like thial extra 31 yards burpet for bouse at 9 ft 00 extra on yarda carpet tor office at 82 CO total am SO my lord admed his office carpet very much and hag sent many cn bomers to so and soa their cheap prices my lady thinks eha may get that bill paid in a year but in the meantime she will have no new bonnets ita mean bat its time |
